Jason Maus

Biography

Jason Maus enters his 17th year as the head men’s and women’s cross country and track and field coach at Ohio Northern in 2025-26. In 16 years at ONU, he has guided the men’s cross country team to a 1,611-426 record, a .791 win percentage, and four Ohio Athletic Conference crowns, while the women’s cross country team has compiled a 1,401-530 record, a .726 win percentage, and three OAC titles. He is the all-time winningest coach at ONU for men's and women's cross country. During the 2024 season, the men's program posted a 135-39 overall record, and the women's program posted an overall record of 129-36. The men's cross country team had four All-OAC finishers and two All-Great Lakes Region finishers in 2024. The women's cross country team had four All-OAC finishers and sophomore AnnaSophia Gower earned All-Great Lakes Region honors for the second year in a row. In 2022, Tessa Pitcovich qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships and earned the NCAA Elite 90 Award. Pitcovich also qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2019 and 2021. She earned the NCAA Elite 90 award and was named Division III All-Ohio Female Runner of the Year and was a selection for the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team and All-District 7 First Team in 2021. Maus and his coaching staff were named the OAC Women's Coaching Staff of the Year in 2010 and 2011 and the OAC Men's Coaching Staff of the Year in 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2017. He was also tabbed the All-Ohio Division III Men's Cross Country Coa